The Australian food
and agribusiness story
of resilience in the
face of unprecedented
disruption
Dr Mirjana Prica
Managing Director, FIAL
Director, TCI Network
Chair, TCI Oceania Chapter
July 2022
Focus on Australia
About
Food Innovation Australia Limited (FIAL) is the Food and Agribusiness Growth
Centre.
Whole of the Food & Agribusiness Value Chain
…..focus on value adding
Australia’s Food and Agribusiness Sector today - $69.7B
Devastating unprecedented events
2019
2020 2021
2022
Essential Ingredients
for Building Resilience
1. Built a cluster ecosystem Tropical North
Queensland
Regional Food
Network
2. Provided funding to support cluster ‘social glue’
www.fial.com.au/building-capability/clusters
2017 2021
Example: Food & Agribusiness Network (in Queensland)
3. Cluster Director Training
www.fial.com.au/building-capability/cluster-director-training
4. Collaboration builds resilience
Launceston designated a UNESCO City of Gastronomy in 2021
Australian Food & Agribusiness Cluster Success Stories
www.fial.com.au/sharing-knowledge/innovation-book
Contact: info@fial.com.au or visit www.fial.com.au

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